In Phoenix, Arizona the major streets vaguely relate to the location. The layout is a big grid (for the most part). The north-south streets are numbers and east

In Phoenix, Arizona the major streets vaguely relate to the location. The layout is a big grid (for the most part). The north-south streets are numbers and east-west streets are named (you need to memorize the order). There is a central avenue with street numbers increasing both east and west. "Avenues" are on the west side and "Streets" are on the east. Given the major cross streets it's pretty easy to find your way there. I believe many Utah cities are more extreme than this with a grid and all street names being a number + a direction. You're right though. These are the exception and not the rule.